PRAKASH BHUNESHWER @ SUNIL @ BULLUR THAKUR THROUGH PINKI BHUNESHWERSINGH THAKURversusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Disposal
- 31-NOTICE DISCHARGED @ ADM.STAGE
Holding
The petition is closed as the prayers sought are unnecessary in the absence of any proposal to invoke the PASA Act.
Summary
The petitioner, Prakash Bhuneswer (also known as Sunil Bullur Thakur), filed a Special Criminal Application seeking relief against detention under the Prevention of Anti‑Social Activities (PASA) Act. The Additional Public Prosecutor informed the Court that there was no proposal to invoke the PASA Act against the petitioner. Consequently, the relief sought in the petition became moot. The Court noted that without a pending proposal for detention, the petition’s prayers were unnecessary. Accordingly, the Court ordered the petition to be closed and discharged the notice. The order was signed by Justices N.S. Sanjay Gowda and D.M. Vyas on 6 January 2026.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition of a petition seeking relief when there is no pending proposal to invoke the PASA Act against the petitioner?
Subjects
Judgment
R/SCR.A/16659/2025 ORDER DATED: 06/01/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 16659 of 2025
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PRAKASH BHUNESHWER @ SUNIL @ BULLUR THAKUR THROUGH
PINKI BHUNESHWERSINGH THAKUR
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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Appearance:
MR SANDIP M PATEL(5649) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR VAIBHAV A VYAS(2896) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR CHINTAN DAVE, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA
and
HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS
Date : 06/01/2026
ORAL ORDER
(PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA)
Learned Additional Public Prosecutor, on instructions,
submits that there is no proposal at present to invoke the
provisions of the PASA Act and detain the petitioner. In view
of the said statement, the prayers sought for in the petition
have become unnecessary.
The petition is, therefore, CLOSED.
Notice is discharged.
(N.S.SANJAY GOWDA,J)
(D. M. VYAS, J)
OMKAR
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judges.
Digitally signed by: OMKAR CHHAGANLAL MAHAWAR(HC00201), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 06/01/2026 14:56:34
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